About the Reviewer

Jan-Christian Nikles had already started tinkering around with computers in his teenage years and had developed a strong passion for it. After graduating from high school, he first followed a different path and studied audio engineering, since music plays a big role in his life.

He worked in this business for several years, mostly in television production. But soon enough, he found his way back to his old passion.

Graduating in media computer science at the Beuth University of Applied Science, Berlin, in 2013, Jan worked in multiple companies—agency work, early-stage start-ups, and, most recently, at Meetrics. While coming from a fullstack background originally, he specialized in frontend development with cutting-edge technologies. The fast paced JavaScript ecosystem both overwhelmed and fascinated him, but his fascination lasted eventually. He saw the whole thing starting from Vanilla JS, over the big, messy jQuery era, leading to very sophisticated frameworks that make JavaScript development such a pleasure these days. Jan lives and works in Berlin, Germany, always looking for new and interesting projects.